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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
Dee Alpert
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
Bernard Gassaway
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Karen Horwitz and Darlene Goodman
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Frank Mosco
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Doris Lipson Sassower and Elena Ruth Sassower
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
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'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
Dee Alpert
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
Bernard Gassaway
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Karen Horwitz and Darlene Goodman
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Frank Mosco
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Doris Lipson Sassower and Elena Ruth Sassower
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'F for Fraud' Award
Fraud comes in many shapes and sizes, and we often do not recognize it or the trickster until the consequences of the deceit begin to hurt us or those we love, know, or hear about in the media. Fraudulent actions are always costly, however, and we must remain vigilant in the global effort to stop these practices whenever and wherever they occur. We celebrate the exposure of those people who greedily go after money or glory rather than work hard for a fair wage in a moral and ethical manner by giving them an "F".
Winners of the 2004 F For Fraud Award:
The Belmont Learning Center (Los Angeles)
Teen Boot Camps (International)
The Drug/Insurance/Government Testing and Screening Coalition
'F for Fraud' Award
Fraud comes in many shapes and sizes, and we often do not recognize it or the trickster until the consequences of the deceit begin to hurt us or those we love, know, or hear about in the media. Fraudulent actions are always costly, however, and we must remain vigilant in the global effort to stop these practices whenever and wherever they occur. We celebrate the exposure of those people who greedily go after money or glory rather than work hard for a fair wage in a moral and ethical manner by giving them an "F".
Winners of the 2004 F For Fraud Award:
The Belmont Learning Center (Los Angeles)
Teen Boot Camps (International)
The Drug/Insurance/Government Testing and Screening Coalition
- an information nexus for resources on publicly funded education programs, policies, and schools in the United States, with the personal stories of whistleblowers working at the local level to challenge those in power who are not helping the children they are paid by our taxpayer money to serve.
We celebrate the alliance of the Internet with the awareness that for too many years people elected to publicly-funded positions have promoted policies that do not serve the public interest. We challenge those who believe they can continue to violate the public trust to stop and listen to the buzz of millions of people visiting websites, emailing each other, blogging and chatting online about what is going on behind closed doors. We promise to hold you responsible for your actions.
We call this process "e-accountability".
Current Events | Posted 6/30/2009 at 7:59 PM
The law of employment discrimination today is not what it was before 10 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2009, when the Supreme Court ruled against the City of New Haven for scrapping a fire department promotional exam that appeared to favor white test-takers. White firefighters in New Haven were subjected to race discrimination when the city threw out a promotional examination on which they had done well and black firefighters poorly.
Stories and Grievances: Special Education | Posted 6/24/2009 at 12:38 AM
Question presented: Whether parents of a disabled child, who decide on their own to transfer the child to a private school, are entitled to tuition reimbursement from the local public school district if the child had never received any special education assistance previously.
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 6/23/2009 at 1:42 AM
My Name is Martin F. Salazar and I am going to prison as a result of entering into a written and signed settlement agreement between the U.S Department of Energy (the Agency) and me. I was sentenced to one year and one day of prison for entering into an early retirement, after 20 years, promulgated by the Agency, with the intent to prosecute me for the terms and contents thereof of the settlement agreement, and where prosecution commenced prior to the agreement and unbeknownst to me that they were doing so.
Stories and Grievances: Special Education | Posted 6/22/2009 at 10:41 AM
The New York public schools, have not met ANY of he prescribed conditions to make the Wilson program effective. NYC schools ONLY REQUIRES THE TEACHER TO GET 3 DAYS OF TRAINING before sending them out to teach! There is no test they need to pass. Nothing. The district has been silent on the effectiveness of the Wilson implementation. If it was effective, wouldn't they be publishing those numbers for all to see? Why wouldn't they announce their great results to the world?
Current Events | Posted 6/17/2009 at 11:11 PM
Fagan's former client, Gizella Weisshaus, whose $82,000 was stolen from her by Mt. Fagan, travelled to Trenton on June 18, 2009, to hear Ed Fagan beg for his law license in New Jersey. Fagan has already been disbarred in New York State.
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 6/15/2009 at 1:37 AM
To Mr. Harries, public schools are "plants" and the children inside merely widgets in the machinery. At least that is how I see it. Betsy Combier
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 6/12/2009 at 10:35 AM
New York State right now is without a functioning Senate. No one knows who is going to come out of this mess, but what is evident is that there are many secret backroom deals being made now, and the public is not not being served. I say throw them all out and have a special election in November. Betsy Combier
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 6/10/2009 at 1:26 AM
Gentlemen: your corruption is showing. Here's an update: Republicans seized control of the State Senate, installing Pedro Espada (D-Bronx) as temporary president and Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Nassau) as majority and vice-chair in a move that, among other things, throws the reauthorization of mayoral control of schools in serious jeopardy. The current law is set to sunset on June 30—in a deal already facing trouble—and the inevitable political wrangling could result in the legislature now failing to take it up for a final vote before the end of session and that deadline. The Senate goes dark, no work is being done by anyone, and former Democratic majority leader Malcolm Smith seeks to stop the takeover. Good luck Mr. Smith.
Judicial Corruption | Posted 6/6/2009 at 11:39 PM
The state secrets privilege, as it is now, is much too broad; the executive branch cannot have complete immunity. This bill will finally help to rein in executive power, and hopefully provide long-overdue justice for Mohamed and others. As Chairman Nadler admirably put it, “every right must have a remedy.” "The Bush Administration has invoked the state secrets privilege not to protect national security, but to protect itself from embarrassment and accountability," said ACLU attorney Ben Wizner.
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 5/31/2009 at 4:59 PM
On May 17th 2009, the New York Times ran a benign sounding editorial, “Chemical Plant Safety.” The editorial wasn’t about plant safety; it was about unsafe conditions at the Bayer CropScience plant in Institute, where over a hundred tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC), one of the most deadly and toxic chemicals in the industry is being stored. Institute is a 120 ton ticking time bomb so volatile it can be detonated by one drop of water or a metal filing. Institute is allowed by our government to hide its chemical "weapon" behind our national security laws while they assure us that the MIC stored in West Virginia is safe. Unfortunately, awareness and education do not influence Washington, money does.
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